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...Belgian Congo last week, the most popular record was a song called Klim Abikisi Mwana. In their beehive huts, natives played it on their ancient, hand-cranked phonographs, clapping their hands gleefully to its calypso-like rhythm. Although the average Bantu laborer makes only about 50? a day, the record was so popular that some 15,000 had already been sold at $1.10 each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: A Bongo for the Congo | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

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